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Reward increased in Sandy Springs murder

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013, 12:26pm
Reward increased in Sandy Springs murder

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. -- Sandy Springs police have increased a reward for information in a fatal shooting last week.

Sandy Springs Police Capt. Steve Rose said a 28-year-old Hispanic man was shot to death Nov. 15 at a shopping center on Northwood Drive, just south of Interstate 285.

Tranquilino "Frankie" Lorenzo-Garcia is wanted in connection with the shooting. He is 31 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall and 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

Rose said police are offering $8,000 in addition to the $2,000 offered by Crime Stoppers Atlanta for information leading to Lorenzo-Garcia's arrest.

Anyone who sees Lorenzo-Garcia or knows his whereabouts is asked to call Sandy Springs police at 770-551-3296 or Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-TIPS.

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Witnesses sought in Sandy Springs shooting

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Friday, October 18th, 2013, 5:32am
Witnesses sought in Sandy Springs shooting

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. -- Police would like to speak with two men who may have information about a recent shooting at a Sandy Springs bar.

The shooting happened at around 2:20 a.m. Monday at Tailfeathers Restaurant & Piano Bar near the intersection of Roswell Road and Hammond Drive.

Sandy Springs Police Capt. Steve Rose said the victim, 22-year-old Rodriguez Price, got into a fight with another man inside the bar. As Price tried to walk to his car, the same man shot him and then ran.

Price was taken to North Fulton Hospital. He is expect to recover.

The gunman is still at large. Rose said police believe he is a heavyset black man, about 5 feet 10 inches tall, who fled the scene in a black sedan.

Two men were photographed inside the bar that same night; Rose said police believe the men know something about the shooting. They are now asking the men in the photo to come forward.

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2 Ga. women indicted in $943,000 embezzlement

Submitted by Associated Press
Wednesday, September 11th, 2013, 4:04am
2 Ga. women indicted in $943,000 embezzlement

ATLANTA -- Federal prosecutors say two former Cox Communications employees accused of embezzling more than $940,000 from the company have been indicted by a federal grand jury.

Officials said Tuesday that 36-year-old Joysha Flucker and 38-year-old Sakia Allen of Jonesboro had access to the company's electronic invoicing system that tracked payments to third parties. Prosecutors say Flucker and Allen manipulated the invoicing system so the company would issue duplicate payments to the third parties that were funneled into bank accounts each of them had control over.

Officials say the two stole more than $943,800 from the company.

Prosecutors say Allen has already pleaded guilty to a count of wire fraud, and Flucker was arraigned Tuesday. It's unclear if she has an attorney.

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13 sentenced for trafficking oxycodone

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013, 12:04pm
13 sentenced for trafficking oxycodone

MARIETTA, Ga. -- Several metro Atlanta residents have been sentenced in federal court for planning to peddle prescription drugs.

Kristen Noelle Goduto and 12 co-defendants all pleaded guilty to the charges against them.

"These defendants exhibited total disregard for how their pill peddling could destroy lives," U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said in a statement. "This prescription drug can be deadly when not taken under proper medical oversight. Such brazen forging of prescriptions should serve as a reminder that some in our society will go to any length for illicit gain."

"We will continue in our commitment to prosecute law-breakers and keep the citizens of this district safe," Yates added.

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Michael Parson sentenced to 35 years in prison

Submitted by Devin Fehely, 11Alive Reporter
Friday, May 24th, 2013, 6:01pm
Michael Parson sentenced to 35 years in prison

ATLANTA -- Michael Parson was sentenced to 35 years in prison Friday morning.

After just more than an hour of deliberations Thursday, a jury found Parson guilty on all counts in the trial. The counts included attempted murder, aggravated assault and battery, making false statements to police and possession of marijuana.

The sentence was broken down as 30 years for attempted murder and five years for making false statements to authorities. An additional year for posession of marijuana was converted to time-served.

Parson was charged with ambushing and shooting his wife eight times, three of those in the head.

MORE | Continuing Coverage of Parson Trial 

His wife Adina was in court on Tuesday.  It was the first time she's been seen in public.

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SWAT situation ends in Sandy Springs

Submitted by Gary Franklin, 11Alive Assignment Editor
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, 5:37am
SWAT situation ends in Sandy Springs

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. -- A SWAT team surrounded a Roswell Road apartment building early Tuesday and took two people into custody.

The incident happened at a building in the Point at Canyon Ridge apartment complex. Residents were evacuated when officers arrived at around 3:30 a.m.

Sandy Springs Police Lt. Steve Rose said two people were eventually arrested without incident.

Rose said the arrests are connected to a domestic kidnapping that happened earlier in Chamblee. Rose did not have details of that case.

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3 arrested in Marietta bar shooting

Submitted by Gary Franklin, 11Alive Assignment Editor
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013, 7:39am
3 arrested in Marietta bar shooting

MARIETTA, Ga. -- Marietta Police say a 34-year-old Sandy Springs man was fatally shot at a bar early Sunday.

Takilam Terrell was found lying in the parking lot of Milo's Bar on Garrison Road at around 3 a.m.

Marietta Police Det. Christopher Lindsey said Terrell was rushed to WellStar Kennestone Hospital for emergency surgery, but later died.

Tuesday evening, police arrested three suspects in Terrell's death. Trina Chatman, Dennis Hampton and Joseph Ricky Hampton all face charges of murder and aggravated assault. Dennis Hampton has also been charged with malice murder and firearm possession.

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